"I spent four years in the Marine Corp, and a big part of the Marine Corp, especially in boot camp, is torture. The military is not going to like me saying that, but that's what it is. Boot camp is one of the most torturous things I've ever been through."

-- Travis Aaron Wade

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“The art of writing fiction is to sail as dangerously close to the truth as possible without sinking the ship”
“A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy.”

Source : Rumer Godden (1984). “China Court”
“How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves.”
“When I think about what really matters, it's not looking at art that has made the most difference or has been most shaping of the poetry; it's simply living as completely in the world as a politically alert creature, as someone who is both stuck in and also trying to view the historical moment. Folded into all of that, of course, whatever you see in your life.”
“In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.”
“Why vampires? You write centuries-long family sagasâ€”why not write historical epics without any hint of the supernatural?" Â "Well, that would be boring, wouldn't it?" Â "Yeah, God only knows what Tolstoy was thinking.”

Source : Carrie Vaughn (2010). “Kitty and the Midnight Hour”, p.35, Hachette UK
“Labels put people in boxes, and those boxes are shaped like coffins.”

Source : "Chirlane McCray: From Gay Trailblazer to Politician's Wife". Interview with Linda Villarosa, www.essence.com. May, 09, 2013.
“Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.”

Source : Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.31, Baker Books

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